The Doctrine of The Trinity in The Old Testament

Grace, mercy, and truth will be with you from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. 2 John 3 (NKJV)

In the name of Him who God sent to be the propitiation for our sins, Messiah Yeshua “Jesus,” greetings.  See 1 John 4:8-11 (NKJV)

While listening to the local “Christian” radio station where a show was, targeting evidence of the doctrine of the trinity in the Old Testament.  In defense of the speaker’s evidence of the trinity, the speaker stated, “You might say how do I know that.  There’s only one way I could know anything, it is in the bible.”  The speaker on the radio is a follower of the Anthanasian Creed.  The speaker’s so called “evidence” demonstrated one contradiction after another and wasn’t convincing at all. 

Here’s one example from the book of Exodus.

Moses was tending to the flock of Jethro his father-in-law when all of a sudden:

And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of the bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was no consumed. Exodus 3:2 (NKJV)

In the speaker’s attempt to establish evidence of the doctrine of the trinity in the Old Testament, the speaker [clearly] showed that Jesus was an “Angel.”  The implication was that Jesus was the “Angel” in the burning bush.  The speaker then went onto say “Some people do believe Jesus is an angel.  I don’t.”  The speaker followed up with “You might say how do I know that.  There’s only one way I could know anything, it is in the bible,” and then asked the listening audience, “Do you believe Jesus is an angel?”

There are several problems here.  First, there is no [Biblical] evidence that this “Angel of the Lord” is in fact Jesus incarnate.  The speaker first tells us that Jesus is this “Angel” and then contradicts this by stating a disbelief that Jesus is an angel.  As a believer of the Anthanasian Creed that portrays Jesus as “the Son is God” how could they also agree to Jesus being an angel.  While we demonstrate man’s imperfections daily, we can trust God’s word to be perfect and true.  There is only one way to know God’s plan for us and it is not up to man’s interpretation.

Here’s some sound advice.  Don’t tell anyone they’re not saved unless they believe the doctrine of the trinity.  You’ll never be able to prove “it is in the [Bible].” 

God bless.

In His Care… Jim